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Dictionary Search Results using Damerau-Levenshtein distance in T-SQL

Here are the results of your fuzzy-string dictionary search for “crawls” with Change Limit: [1] [2] [3]

You can choose a higher Change Limit to return more words, although it will take longer.
to automatically increase the Change Limit after seconds.

81 similar words found! Changes to Transform each Found Word to your word are shown as:
 remove a letter ~ replace a letter ~ swap two letters ~ _add a letter from your word
(Use the links in the Changes column to see more Transformation details.)

Found WordScrabble ScoreSearched PreviouslyFound PreviouslyChangesTo Transform to your Word
crawls11471208(None) 
brawls115214331brawls
craals84113301craals
crawl104916711crawl_
crawly144610761crawly
craws105723121craw_s
drawls105511391drawls
scrawls12177281scrawls
trawls94412391trawls
awls75926092__awls
bawls105719322_bawls
becrawls1543622becrawls
brails84621292brails
brawl106217962brawl_
brawly144312352brawly
brawns115614082brawns
braws106425192braw_s
calls75634732c_alls
carls77037422c_arls
carols85124982carols
cauls75727772c_auls
caws96036112c_aw_s
chaws135022462chaw_s
claws106020832claw_s
coals76129602coa_ls
corals85325142cora_ls
cowls106922212c_owls
craal74117752craal_
crabs95421392cra_bs
cracks144817002cracks
cradle93313162cradle
cradles103114132cradles
crafts115312742crafts
crags85622572cra_gs
crakes124921812crakes
cramps125615562cramps
crams96229152cra_ms
cranes84330752cranes
cranks125015312cranks
crapes104727692crapes
craps95328642cra_ps
crases85532312crases
crasis85020472crasis
crass76328042cra_ss
crates85736062crates
craves115825392craves
craw97725262craw__
crawled133710402crawled
crawler123510462crawler
crawlers13309012crawlers
crazes174720132crazes
creels84416942creels
crewels12438492crewels
crews105917502crew_s
crowds124910762crowds
crowns115615112crowns
crows105727312crow_s
drails74716952drails
drawl95516012drawl_
drawly134910722drawly
draws95119372draw_s
frails93716472frails
graals74112912graals
grails77518782grails
growls104711112growls
kraals10378432kraals
orals55826482ora_ls
pawls105617662_pawls
prawns11509022prawns
prowls115511082prowls
rails55937402_rails
rawly115115832_rawly
raws75238212_raw_s
scrawl11208092scrawl_
scrawly15197192scrawly
shawls125411972shawls
sprawls12176372sprawls
trails64622512trails
trawl84915872trawl_
wawls115416472_wawls
yawls114613602_yawls

Search took 3 seconds overall (including website activity, plus SQL activity in the following phases):

  1. Length Filter: Limit the application of DLD to words with length difference of no more than the Change Limit.
  2. DLD Change Limit: Apply DLD to each remaining word, limiting each comparison according to the Change Limit.
  3. Display Results: Return the results, with similar words marked up to highlight differences.
SeqSearch PhaseWords CheckedWords MatchedSecondsWords Per Sec
1Length Filter178691825510.343520965.0
2DLD Change Limit82551812.54632423.8
3Display Results81810.0302700.0
 (SQL Overall)178691812.91961216.5
 
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